Godley vs Lakewood Shores

A side-by-side comparison of Godley and Lakewood Shores: population, income, housing, and more.

Godley and Lakewood Shores are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Godley has the higher population (538 vs 433 in Lakewood Shores). Lakewood Shores has the higher median household income ($76,500 vs $54,583 in Godley). Lakewood Shores has the higher median home value ($181,300 vs $142,000 in Godley).

Population, income & housing

	Godley	Lakewood Shores
Population	538	433
Median age	48.8 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,583	$76,500
Median home value	$142,000	$181,300
Median gross rent	$1,393	$1,339
Housing units	251	255
Homeownership rate	75.5%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	8.5%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Godley	Lakewood Shores
Population	631 → 538 (-14.7%)	1,459 → 433 (-70.3%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $54,583 (+12.0%)	$63,625 → $76,500 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$107,100 → $142,000 (+32.6%)	$151,400 → $181,300 (+19.7%)
Median gross rent	$914 → $1,393 (+52.4%)	$1,286 → $1,339 (+4.1%)

Godley

Population

631538

Median household income

$48,750$54,583

Median home value

$107,100$142,000

Median gross rent

$914$1,393

Lakewood Shores

Population

1,459433

Median household income

$63,625$76,500

Median home value

$151,400$181,300

Median gross rent

$1,286$1,339

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Godley	Lakewood Shores
Under 5	2.8%	0.2%
5 to 17	11.2%	18.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	4.8%
25 to 34	7.8%	12.0%
35 to 44	17.5%	12.2%
45 to 54	22.7%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.7%	16.4%
65 to 74	12.8%	15.9%
75 and over	3.0%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Godley	Lakewood Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Godley	Lakewood Shores
No high school diploma	5.5%	3.9%
High school graduate	40.5%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	43.1%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Godley	Lakewood Shores
Drove alone	87.8%	86.4%
Carpooled	1.8%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	5.2%
Other means	7.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Godley	Lakewood Shores
1-unit, detached	53.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	39.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Godley	Lakewood Shores
Poverty rate	15.6%	12.2%
Average household size	2.27	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	31	25
Median year structure built	1993	1963